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the bladder, reaching the kidneys by way of the ureters, 

 and, ultimately causing the death of the patient. The 

 author has known two such instances. 



Mr. H. Gray obtained permanent success in one case^ by 

 performing laparotomy, applying traction to the uterus from 

 within the abdomen, thus replacing the prolapsed part, and 

 attaching it to the abdominal wall with sutures. 



Malig-nant Tumours of the Vagina. 



In the vagina of the bitch one frequently meets with a 

 species of ulcerating contagious venereal tumour which is 

 communicable to the male when the animals are used for 

 stud purposes.^ If neglected, these tumours grow very large, 

 causing an offensive, foetid, and con- 

 tinuous discharge. To effect their 

 removal, the knife and curette must 

 be used freely, the parts having been 

 anaesthetized by cocaine solution or 

 the animal placed under chloroform 

 (see Chapter IV.). If imperfectly 

 removed, the return of the growth is 

 usually rapid, and the animal may 

 become valueless for breeding pur- 

 poses; as a rule, an old dog will not 

 mate with a bitch suffering from these 

 tumours. Their vascularity is much 

 increased at time of oestrum.^ 



Operation. — For their permanent 

 removal it is essential that an area of 

 mucous membrane shall be excised 

 around the edges of the growth. This is done under an 



' Unrecorded. 



^' Smith and Washbourn, Journal of Coiiipurntivf Patliology and 

 Therapeutics, vol. xi., p. 41. 



^ This tumour is indistinguishable in microscopical structure from a 

 sarcoma, and is now classified as a granuloma (Report of the Imperial 

 Cancer Research Fund, Part IL, 1905). 



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Fig. 184. — Vagina Split 

 open to show Contagi- 

 ous Venereal Tumours.'^ 



